Friday, January 27, 2012

Last weekend we had some snow. When we got home fromchurch services we I convinced everyone to come out to play.The boys had created the day before a scary path down our hill.The made a ramp to make it even more heart stopping for mom.

Princess wanted to see Sweet pea in the snow soshe grabbed her coat to come and see her. I took aphotos teasing her about being in her shorts and holdingher android. I think its perminately attached to her.

Princess did go in and change. She pulled sweet pea aroundin the snow on a sled. She love it!!

We ended with a family snow fight and then camein for some warm hot chocolate. A good day.

Monday, January 23, 2012

My little one looks so cold to me in the toddler time photo. :)
It was taken in the summer but for this time of year she looks cold.

We are back on track. "Sweet pea" is back to toddler time and not to
soon either. We did a few days of school without it and she was
very distractive. I realized the time without it planning wasn't worth
the frustrations during school time. I'm so glad we are back into things.
I can see her changing and I'm preparing for some things for when shes
three. I know she will be ready to start using a pencil and she already
tries to use a scissors on occastion.

This was our concept basket this week:

It doesn't look like much. "Sweet pea" got into it before I
got the photo. It was all arranged sweet for grand surprise.
In it is a small plastic flower pot for a cave, cotton for snow,
clear rocks for ice, regular rocks for fun, some snow flake sequins,
pine cone for a tree, 2 moose , a mountian goat, and a white bear.

She has been really enjoying it. Instead of the pretend play
Spirit would do she got to sorting out the pieces. She was very fascinated with the clear rocks. I later got
out an egg carton for her to sort things into. The little red
bag in the photo is full of her doll stuff. Not sure what
she had in mind with those. Spirit stopped in and made
snow cones with the flower pot. At least thats what they
looked like.

"Sweet pea " wanted me to show you all of her rocks. They
were all special to her. To save you from that I am only showing
one rock with her.

Saturday we got the real SNOW!!!

Art: We created snowman pictures.
Of course she needed help with drawing some things
but my girl loves to glue. If I need to get something important done.
I give her small things to glue or stickers and I can get my work done.

Finger plays:

I'm a little snowman

I'm a little snowman short and fat
Here is my nose, my eyes and my hat
When the sun starts shining- oops , watch out
I will melt- without a doubt.

No more snowmen

Five little snowment
(hold up 5 fingers)

Riding on a sled
(wiggle fingers pretending to sled)

one fell down and bumped his head
(use hand to bump head)

Frosty called the Doctor
(pretend to dial)

And the Dr. said No more snowmen
(shake forefinger)

Riding on the sled
(repeat)

Snow
(sung to farmer and the dell)

The snow is on the roof
(point over head)
The snow is on the ground
(Point to the ground)
The snow is on the window
(make window with hands)
The snow is all around
make circles with hands

Story Time:

Many of our toddler books are still in storage from
the move. So I opted to do a little u-tube. "Sweet pea"
Loves these and wantes to watch and watch but
I only allow a few. These are some we watched . A few are
like little finger plays.

This is my favorite. I'll have to read her the story when I
Find the books. She will associate more I think.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Well, I really didn't expect all that came our way in Decemberwhen I planned out our toddler time. That is the great thingabout home education. You can hop back on the school wagonwhen you are ready. We took the entire month of December offof toddler time for our move. We still have a lot of work here todo and one day I hope to share photos of the house as the workis completed. For those of you that did continue with Toddler timeI'd like to share with you the lesson plans I had in mind for that timeand for those that come by in later years to peek at it.

We did find time for some finger plays. This was a favorite.I have found that Sweet pea enjoys U tube. I think becauseI have been able to find things that are short and spoken to her.This morning she sang along to a praise and worship song mentfor mommy but she tried too.

And we played this. We had piles of boxes and I was exhausted.The kids were on the bed giggling. I suggested playing gingerbreadman. It really lightened the atomosphere and helped us to moveon with the packing.

Thanks to I can teach my child for the great ideas.

Reading Time:

Typically I allow Sweet pea to choose from our library anda few I choose. Since most of our books were packed we stuckto our beginner Bible.

I have noticed a change in Sweet pea this month. She hasgone through a lot with the move. She is doing very well with that andshe also had some oral surgery which turned out to be more scary for momthan for her. Her speech is coming along nicely. The funny thing is thatshe will often spout out a large word and have it in the correct tense. Ireally think it's in there and with more song and stories I think she willbe jabbering easily in no time. She has also started potty training, whichabsolutely makes me nuts. She is such a clean freak which is a good thingbut very very time consuming. We can't just wash our hands we have towash our hands, go potty, clean up potty, wash our hands, and beg to brush our teeth. As I type this she is sweeping the kitchen floor.

As a start back to school today her and Spirit painted. She had to wash the brush, dry the brush, wash the brush again, dry the brush again,get a little paint, paint, dry her hands, wash her brush, get new water...Oh my. It was funny to watch her.

Today ,on one of my favorite blogspots ,Teacher Tom wrote a wonderful post on Why children hate school? His survey comes from a tweet on twitter or somethinglike that. I'm not on twitter so not sure about it.

It is a must read for those of you that are wondering why or for those Home educatorslike myself who already know why but want to refresh your memory.

We know the system is failing our children but we seem to be at a lose asto how to change it. When change seems like it may occur politics typically gets in the way . We are then left with what we have. The results are unhappy children and a insignifcant education Something must be done to change it. The how is the big question. I am not generalizing here I am aware there aresome amazing teachers out there but its ashame they are few are far between.I also am aware that families are deterorating and that doesn't help the situation.Americans/people need to heal in many way.

I am also not going to sit here and tell you that my kids never complain about school at home. There are times they don't like what I'm teachingor how I'm teaching it. Generally when that occurs I notice I am modelingthe system I grew up with but the grand scheme of it is that I can stop and change what we are doing or how we are doing it at anytime. We have a larger feedom of choice. The freedom most public schoolchildren are wishing for. Stop and take a look Double thumbs up Greatread

Rejoice in the Lord Always.

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Welcome. When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, I am a stay at home mom/work part-time mom and Have 5 children, 2 step children and 3 Grandchildren. I have worked in the childcare field for years and currently work for my church as a nursery supervisor. I post all things here that I enjoy God, Home education, being a mom, book reviews and about our home. My goal is to create a resource for other homeschool moms who are going through the same Joys,fun, challenges, and struggles. I hope you Enjoy your visit.

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From everlasting to everlasting ,The Lords love is with those who fear him and his righteousness with their children's children....Then our sons in their youth will be like well - nurtured plants and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace....All the sons will be taught by the Lord and Great will be our childrens peace.....Psalms 103:17, 144:12 Isaiah 54:13